Microcyba is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Microcyba Holm, 1962[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. falcata Holm, 1962
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| Species | |
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18, see text | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains eighteen species:[1]
- Microcyba aculeata Holm, 1964 – Congo
- Microcyba affinis Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Microcyba angulata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Microcyba brevidentata Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
- Microcyba calida Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
- Microcyba cameroonensis Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
- Microcyba divisa Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
- Microcyba erecta Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Microcyba falcata Holm, 1962 (type) – Uganda
- Microcyba hamata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Microcyba hedbergi Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Microcyba leleupi Holm, 1968 – Congo
- Microcyba projecta Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Microcyba simulata Holm, 1962 – Kenya
- Microcyba tridentata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Microcyba vancotthemi Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
- Microcyba viduata Holm, 1962 – Kenya
- Microcyba vilhenai Miller, 1970 – Congo
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Microcyba Holm, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala. 35: 19–204.